The recent announcement stated that we can now change our handle to one belonging to an account with no activity after 2022 and whose period of activity was less than 180 days. I found some users that meet these criteria, but I’m still unable to change my handle, it shows "This handle is currently in use” every time. Is anyone else facing the same issue?
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Facing same
did you find any solution to this?
No but I chose other name, I believe it might be because you are choosing some restricted word.
yeah ,now it worked for me too
so were you able to choose the same name you were having trouble keeping or is it different one?
nah, its a different one, some usernames are just not working for some reason
your name lowkey exquisite enough bro
same, cant change my handle despite its current user being inactive since many years